Lead Mosque

Local nameXhamia e Plumbit
LocationBerat, Albania

The Lead Mosque, also known as the Izgurli Mosque, is a 16th-century historical mosque located in Berat, south-central Albania.Its name comes from the lead coating of its sphere-shaped domes.

It was built in the years of 1553 and 1554 by the local feudal Ahmet Bej Uzgurliu, at the time a vassal of the Skuraj family, and is currently a Cultural Monument of Albania. Explorer Evliya Çelebi’s description told of carved stones underneath the lead, topping off a complex including a bazaar, madrasa, imaret, school, Turkish bath, and shadirvan. The prayer hall is square with a northern portico and a tall, thin minaret molded in cloisonné where it meets the roof. Many windows light the interior.

Tags SunniPlace of WorshipMuslimMosque
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More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead_Mosque,_Berat

Address (Unnamed Road), Berat, Albania

Coordinates 40°42'16.459" N 19°57'19.562" E

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